Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest is a nonprofit voluntary hospital located in Waco, TX, holding CMS certification number 450101. Waco News covers Waco-area healthcare news, including major facility changes, regulatory ratings, and service-line developments at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest.

As an acute-care hospital, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest treats short-term, severe medical conditions including emergencies, surgeries, trauma, and critical illness. The facility operates a 24-hour emergency department.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) assigns Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest an overall quality rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on its most recent public reporting cycle. The CMS overall rating is a composite of mortality, safety, readmission, patient experience, effectiveness of care, timeliness of care, and efficient imaging measures. Waco News tracks rating changes year-over-year for every hospital in our coverage area; a one-star change typically reflects meaningful shifts in clinical performance.

For Waco residents, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest is one of the hospital options to weigh when choosing emergency care, surgical care, or specialty services. Waco News regularly reports on hospital expansions, closures, leadership changes, and major regulatory actions affecting Waco-area healthcare facilities — including Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest.

Story tip about Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest? Email editor@nexcom.media. For more healthcare coverage, visit waconews.org/news. This profile uses public data from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (Hospital General Information dataset) and is updated as CMS releases new reporting cycles.